This opinion article is about the recent budget crisis that occurred over Congressional spending. The author takes the position that primary point of contention was over FEMA spending, which according to him was a miniscule amount. His opinion is targeted towards those who believe the Federal government should be the primary governing body of the American people. He places the majority of the blame on the Republican party, stating that the balked at spending "as little" as an additional $3.7 billion dollars. He claims that Republicans reject any type of tax increase, which he sees as the only way to provide additional funding for FEMA. I disagree with this way of looking at the resolution. He only glosses over the need to cut Federal spending in order to offset the additional money needed by FEMA. While he recognizes that the debt needs to be severely reduced, he claims that Republicans are to blame for the Presidential plan not being put into effect. He fails to look at whether the plan will be an effective one, instead shifting the blame to the Republicans. His claim that $3.7 billion dollars is not an amount worth worrying about, and that the Federal government can just increase taxes to equate the spending increases Congress is pushing is the kind of thinking that led to the debt problem our country finds itself dealing with today. I do however agree that Congress needs to start working towards a solution instead of endlessly fighting with each other. The polls he cites show that the American public is tired of the officials they elected doing nothing to fix the economic problems that plague the country. Unemployment is extremely high, and people feel like the people they thought would fix the problems are only making the problem worse. I do not feel like any one party is to blame, the Federal government as a whole needs reform.
